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Chapter 50 — HAZARDOUS MATERIALS—GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 5002

California Fire Code (Title 24, Part 9) · 2019 edition · updated 2026-09-10 · California

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5002.1 Definitions. The following terms are defined in Chapter 2:

BOILING POINT. CEILING LIMIT. CHEMICAL. CHEMICAL NAME. CLOSED CONTAINER. CONTAINER. CONTROL AREA. CYLINDER. DAY BOX. DEFLAGRATION. DESIGN PRESSURE. DETACHED BUILDING. DISPENSING. EXCESS FLOW CONTROL. EXHAUSTED ENCLOSURE. EXPLOSION. FLAMMABLE VAPORS OR FUMES. GAS CABINET. GAS ROOM. HANDLING. HAZARDOUS MATERIALS. HEALTH HAZARD. IMMEDIATELY DANGEROUS TO LIFE AND

HEALTH (IDLH). INCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS. LIQUID. LOWER EXPLOSIVE LIMIT (LEL). LOWER FLAMMABLE LIMIT (LFL). MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE QUANTITY PER CON-

TROL AREA. NORMAL TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE (NTP). OUTDOOR CONTROL AREA. PERMISSIBLE EXPOSURE LIMIT (PEL). PESTICIDE. PHYSICAL HAZARD. PRESSURE VESSEL. SAFETY CAN. SAFETY DATA SHEET (SDS). SECONDARY CONTAINMENT. SEGREGATED. SOLID. STORAGE, HAZARDOUS MATERIALS. SYSTEM.

TANK, ATMOSPHERIC. TANK, PORTABLE. TANK, STATIONARY. TANK VEHICLE. UNAUTHORIZED DISCHARGE. USE (MATERIAL). VAPOR PRESSURE.

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